Automatic car-replacer



1. W. BODIE.

AUTOMATIC CAR REPLACER- APPLICATION FILED MAR. I8, 1920.

Patented Oct. 4, 1921.

Josz'az lffiodz 6 I UNITED. s vT E s' PATENT OFFICE.

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A 'roM rIc CAR-REPLAGER.

. To all whom it may concern Be it known that I,,JosIAH,W. Boom a "citizen of the United States, residing at 'Efiingham,iin the county' of Florence, State of South Carolina, have invented. certain new anduseful Improvements in Automatic .Car-Replacers; andIdo hereby declare the following to be a" full, clear, .and exact dematically replaced on therails withoutstop' scription of. the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which 1t appertains to make and use thesarne. I

This'invention relates to new anduseful improvements railway appliances and particularly to safety devices f( )I -I'&1 lWay switches. v I

whereby the wheels of aycar, when derailed, upon approaching a switch, or when the wheels have split the switch, will be autoping the train.

Another ob'ect 1s to providefa improved rerailing device .which is operative to replace the wheels on the rails when the train is approaching the switch from either direction.

Other objects andadvantages will be ap p I p I I .of the'lupper face of the'block, and along the edge adjacentthe rail 10. This rib has line, the wheels of a car being shown in dotted lines in position when approaching the switch, in position when s lltt ng the switch, and in position when eralled, as

' well asin position whenbeing rerailed by I the rerailing blocks.

Fig. 2' isa transverse sectional view through the tracks, at one end of the rerailing blocks, showing" the wheels of the car 7 as they engage with the blocks, in solid lines,

and as thewheels are replaced on the rails by the blocks,- in dotted lines.

Fig. 3 is a PBI'SPGCtlVC view of. one of the Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the other rerailing block. V

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10 represents the main line rails, and 11 the" siding rails, while'12 and 13 represent the switch points. Disposed I Patented Oct. 4.1921. a pucati nme a aim. 15.1920. Serial No..366,826. I

betweenone of the rails 10 and-the. adja switch point 12is pivotally mounte is' a trapezoidal block 14, ,while a trapezoidal block. 15 is secured within the angle between 131 is pivotally mounted. The block. 141s formed with an upstanding longitudinal rib 17 ,ahd a longitudinal ledge 16, onthe side adjacent the rail 10, thevertical side wall 17.;.of the rib, adj acent' the ledge tapering or extending obliquely. longitudinally of the rails, "infa direction toward the angle of the adjacent. rails, and toward the narrower end,

of the block, to form the 7 vertical sharp .the other rail 10 and theotherrail 11 and "adjacent the point where the switch point edge 14. The wider end of the block 14 is formed with an inclined face'18*leading.

upwardly to the upper face of the .rib 17 and tothe ledge 16. i The end of the ledge .16, at" the narrower end of the block ,.is formed with a slightly inclined face 16', as'

clearly seen inFigs. 1 and 3.

The other block 15, while being in general outlinev similarlto the block 14, has certain the vertical rib 19 extending longitudinally its inner vertical face 19 gradually inclinmg toward the outer vertical face of 'the .block,.and meet-s said face to form the vertical edge 22. The block 15 also has a longitudinally extending ledge '21 which inv clines downwardly, at 20, to a point adjacent the level of th ties. This inclined features of difference. This block; 15 has i portion 20 will be further described with. V

respect to the beforementioned face 18. At, the other end of the rib 19 there is, formed just before" engagement with the switch point'12, which will carry the wheels on the main line. In the secondposition, in dotted lines B, the wheel on the left hand side has forced its flange between the switch point 12 and the adjacent rail 10, the left hand wheel being then on the rail 11- of the siding while the right hand wheel is on the right hand rail of the main line. The distance between the switch points, is, however, too small to permit the wheels to drop to the ties. The flange of the right hand wheel hand wheel engages: and rides up a 16 of'the block 14, onto the ledge 16, while at the same time the inner face of'thefla'nge engages with the verticalface 17 of the rib .wbeca'using of splitting theswitches, that is j- 1'7. At the same time, the flange of'theleft v p I on the face of the block 15, so that thetread face of. the flange is brought-onto the upper face of the rib l9,land into} the plan of the upper surface of the.rai1,10. The engagement ofthe flange ofthe right 'wheel with p z eventuality wmust' be guarded against; *Thus the face 17, by reason of" the taper of the rib,'causes asidewisepull-of. the right wheel L whiehl-resul-ts in the flange of the leftlwheel' ridiri across the upper'facelof therail 10,

i and r opping down at'the inner side ofthe said rail: .The tread of the right wheel, be-

"ing at a'l'lgtimes on therail 10, at the side of the railway, will continue along :the main rail, while the left wheel'will be thereby 're- -p1aced"onto tlieleft'rail 10. y I a '7 When: switching in railroadyards, and a car or'engine approaches the switch from the opposite directi0n,the" car or engine may be derailed; In" this event; the spaces in t the angles between the rails 10 and 11; are wide" enou gh'to permit the wheels to drop to the ,v-Yties; "whereupon .theflanges of "the wheels willenga'gel and: ride upwardly on the inclined faces 20 and 18, respectiyely; of the blocks 15 and 14.5},{The right wheel, which. rides on theface'QO, will engage withthe vertical face of the'rib"19',and be drawn towardthe right, while"theflange-of the left wheel will ride up onto theju'pper face'of thefribfl7. The right fwheel will thus be ulled toward'the right'onto the right rail ages with, rides up, the inclined face vacross thetread 11, and the flange of the -left "ride :7 of theleft rail 11, and drop i i 40 thereonto p 7 The mostcommon cases of derailing occur the peculiar formationof. the"wider ends of the 'b1ocks14 211K115. p a

What is claimedis:

' A rel-ailing de'vicegfor railways compris, 7

ing apair of blocks which are trape' zoidal in plan and each of which; has a vertical longitudinal-"rib 'o'nit's upper fac'e adj mug" one of the'sides thereofanda longitudinal edge adjacent the other side,'thewider end of one block being beveled "longitudinally,

the. other end of the ledgebeingbe'veled, and

the rib being tapered toward the last narned end of the block, the "other bleck having the b ledge inclined longitudinally from apoint itu'dinal 'centerto thewider adj acent the ion end of the" 10105;, "the rib tapering toward the-wider end ofrt-he"block and' having its? "other" end beveled? to Y a line i lying in" "the plane of the adjacent end ofthe-led'ge' In'te'stirnony whereof, I afiiX my-signature,

HL i i-P Q' 'e of wo "witnesses;

"lVitnes'sesi B. C. TrroMAs,

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